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HAROLD CARSTARPHEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordHarold Carstarphen JR, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 129
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 129
- JOHN LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- CHARLES DUNCAN BETHEASpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.